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			<h1>Difficulties</h1>
			<p>Day 01029: <time>Saturday, 2017 December 30</time></p>
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	<h2>University drudgery</h2>
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		I worked on my coursework some, but I&apos;m having a bit of an issue grasping the topic at hand.
		After a while, I gave up ant took a break, which ended up lasting longer than intended.
		I got distracted looking at various Debian <abbr title="virtual private server">VPS</abbr>es available.
		I had a shift today too that both began early and ended late.
		That further cut into my coursework time.
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	<h2>Food for thought</h2>
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		I don&apos;t want to say anything about specific people, just because it&apos;d make them look bad and that&apos;s not the goal here.
		However, I was presented with a couple new thoughts by the person I was working with today.
		First, they brought to the surface the realisation that I shouldn&apos;t be going out of my way to spare the feelings of toxic people.
		(If you&apos;ve been reading my journal, you probably know who I mean.)
		I don&apos;t think that idea was their intent, but they did agree with it.
		Still, I&apos;m mild mannered and wouldn&apos;t hurt someone intentionally whether I like them or not, but I shouldn&apos;t put the extra care and effort into making sure not to hurt those that don&apos;t mind hurting me.
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		Second, we have a bit of a braggart on the payroll.
		They complete tasks quickly, time it, then tell the rest of us about it.
		I was never super impressed, but I was mildly impressed.
		They cut the braggart down to size real quickly though.
		All they did was ask about the quality of the speedy work.
		I hadn&apos;t considered that.
		The main thing the braggart is terrible at is cleaning; that&apos;s also what they most like to brag about.
		I&apos;m no longer impressed whatsoever.
		Anyway, the moral of the story is that if you&apos;ve got a braggart on your hands, and you&apos;re actually impressed in any way, try thinking about what they&apos;ve sacrificed in exchange for the impressive feat.
		Sure, you can clean things quickly if you don&apos;t actually get them clean, but is that actually impressive?
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		Today ends my prescribed amoxicillin doses.
		I don&apos;t think I&apos;ve had the stuff before, but my mother&apos;s allergic to it, as is Vivian.
		Also, my mother&apos;s reaction to it doesn&apos;t begin until about ten days after she quits taking it; then she breaks out in hives.
		So ... yeah ...
		In about ten days, I get to see if I have the same reaction to it as my mother.
		If I do, this isn&apos;t going to be pleasant.
		With my poor luck streak still completely intact (I thought it&apos;d ended, but then there was the garbage with the school to keep the chain going), I probably am allergic to it, but like my mother, not in any lethal way.
		My luck&apos;s been bad, but not bad enough to be anywhere near fatal.
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		On <a href="/en/weblog/2018/01-January/16.xhtml#Vivian">2018-01-16</a>, my sister, Vivian, requested that I replace all instances of her legal name in my journal with the name &quot;Vivian&quot;.
		She also asked that the name of the organisation she works for be redacted.
		This page was modified to fulfil that request.
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